The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 597 Joining the Army
This year's New Year's Eve is very depressing, one is because of the death of Queen Daxing, and the passing of time is not conducive to keeping things simple.Secondly, there are also reasons for the Junggar rebellion.

In the spring of the 29th year of Kangxi, Galdan, the leader of the Junggar tribe, with the secret instigation and support of Tsarist Russia, finally sent his army into Mongolia, attacking and plundering many nearby tribes.

Then he swung his army southward and entered Xilinguolen, which was less than a thousand miles away from the capital.His actions this time are not as simple as wanting to capture Mongolia. After repeatedly probing the court's movements, Galdan arrived in Ulan Butong, searched for a deep moat in the mountains and forests, built a camp against danger, and deployed troops in the mountains and forests, using tens of thousands of camels , formed a line of defense around Ulan Butong Mountain, called "Camel City".

This move has already threatened the heartland of the Qing Dynasty, and it can no longer be tolerated by the court.

The news of Galdan's invasion to the south was not only known to the imperial court, but even the common people heard the news from the camel caravans.

The people in the capital were in panic all day long, thinking that the Junggar army would soon attack Beijing.

For a while, most of the shops inside and outside the city closed their doors, so the price of rice skyrocketed to more than two or three.

At this time, the emperor completed the recovery of Yaksa, signed the "Nerchinsk Treaty" and other major political measures, and because of the pacification of San Francisco and the unification of Taiwan, he has become a seasoned and ruthless emperor.

Seeing that Galdan didn't know how to advance or retreat, the emperor announced that the courtiers would meet every day to discuss the matter of conquering Junggar.

In March, the emperor first sent people to Russia to negotiate with Tsarist Russia, intending to prevent Tsarist Russia from interfering in this war.

In the previous few years, there were two wars between the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia. Tsarist Russia knew that the strength of the Qing Dynasty should not be underestimated, so after negotiating with the envoys, they made their position clear and never provided any military assistance to Galdan. Even the only weapons aid is extremely limited.It was even decided to cancel the original decision to sell [-] muskets to Galdan.

After cutting off the possibility of Tsarist Russia's support for Galdan, the emperor started to split Junggar's interior, and through lures, he instigated Galdan's nephew Tserwang Arabtan who went out with the army.

When Tsewang Arabbutan went to Ulan Butong in Galdan, he led [-] soldiers back to the Yili River Basin where the Junggar tribe started, defeated Galdan's pursuers, and took all Galdan's wives and people away. It is equivalent to taking away Galdan's old nest in one fell swoop, making Galdan lose the most important source of logistical supplies since then.

While defeating and disintegrating the Junggar army inside and outside, the emperor knew that even so, a fierce battle with Galdan was still inevitable.

For this reason, the emperor decided to mobilize troops from all over the country and concentrate on stationing in any area where a decisive battle may occur.

Calculating based on where Galdan is entrenched, there are only three places on the left where he is most likely to deploy his army.

One is to enter Liaoning, the other is to raid the capital, and the third is to attack Shanxi.

And because northern Shanxi is mountainous and barren, the possibility of attacking Shanxi is very small, so there are only two directions of attack.

In April, the emperor ordered [-] sergeants to be dispatched from Ordos, Guihua, and the right wing of Neikalkha to Ulanhot, Mongolia, with [-] cannons led by Azani, Minister of the Lifan Academy, and Jiertab, Minister of the Ministry of War. area guard.

After that, he ordered Prince Horqin to lead nearly [-] troops assembled from all walks of life to establish a line of defense in the Horqin Grassland.

This prevented Galdan from leading his troops directly into Liaoning from Mongolia, and avoided the threat of the "Land of Longxing" outside the Qing Dynasty's customs.

While dispatching troops and generals, the emperor specially ordered envoys from the capital to set up post stations for all northern troops starting from Gubeikou, and used a large number of camel caravans to transport military rations to ensure the smooth flow of logistics and news.

And all these tedious matters were learned by Wanyan on the second day after the decree was drafted, that the person the emperor preferred to appoint was Shen Ye.

For a whole day, Wanyu was fidgeting in the palace, looking for trivial things to pass the time, but Shen Ye's smile unconsciously appeared in her mind for a long time.

This battle is extremely dangerous.Even though Shen Ye is just a logistics force, it is a matter of life and death, who can say for sure?
At the time of melancholy, Yun Chan was picking up Yin and returning home from class.

After leading Yin to say hello to Wanyu, before he could say a few words, the child said that the Taifu left a lot of lessons, and he had to rush back to his room to endorse, so he hurriedly left.

Yun Chan sent Yin out of the hall, and when she entered again, she held a few magnolia flowers that were still dripping and put them in the glass flower vase on the table by Wan Yu's hand, and then took Ning Xixiang from the drawer of the dressing table, one spoonful at a time. Shao added to the Boshan furnace: "Shi A has been working harder recently. The emperor went to the Shang's study to ask lessons and praised him a lot. He said bluntly that the empress taught him well."

Wanyu was thinking about Shen Ye from the bottom of her heart, her ears were stuffed, and she couldn't really hear what Yun Chan was saying.

Seeing that her eyes were empty and lifeless, Yun Chan waved her hand in front of her eyes, Wan Yu was startled and said, "What's wrong?"

"This question should be asked by the maidservant to the empress." Yun Chan took the white jade fan, and gently stirred the purple smoke that slowly came out of the pores of the Boshan furnace: "The empress came back from the Qianqing Palace today. It's like losing your soul, but you're gambling with the emperor again?"

Wan Yu shook her head: "Where is there so much anger with him? It's just thinking about other things."

She stopped for a while, and then ordered: "You go to the imperial hospital, quietly ask Bai Changqing for some best wound medicine, and then go and get the Zijin Dan that I have kept in the lock box."

After hearing this, Yunchan became a little anxious: "What's wrong, Ma'am?" She couldn't help but put her hand on Wanyu's forehead, and compared her own forehead.After confirming that she has no fever, he said: "It's okay to ask for some wound medicine, but the Zijin Dan was given to the empress by Empress Xiaozhao in the past, and it has the magical effect of bringing the dead back to life. Even Bai Changqing said that the empress got this medicine. It can be saved with a sigh of relief every day in distress. What is the empress doing with such a precious thing?"

"This palace is useful, you just take it. And remember to tell Bai Changqing not to make this matter public."

Yun Chan was half reluctant to make the promise, and secretly muttered in her heart.

She pouted her lips and hung her head out of the hall, without looking at the road in front of her, she bumped into Shuang Ruo.

Shuangruo said 'hi', and Ben sternly reprimanded: "The duty is so inattentive, what if I offend the empress?" After saying that, I saw that Yun Chan was standing in the same place without thinking. Then he calmed down and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Miss Shuangruo, you are the one who accompanied your empress to the Qing Palace today, so it can be seen that your empress has had a quarrel with the emperor?" Yun Chan took two steps closer to Shuangruo, and whispered in her ear: "I saw that my empress came back full of worries, so I just ordered I went to look for Bai Changqing to ask for some life-saving wound medicine, and even took out the Purple Gold Pill. I was thinking about it, don’t let the empress hide something from us.”

Shuang Ruo frowned and pondered for a while, then shook her head slightly and murmured: "There is nothing wrong with the face saint. The emperor just mentioned a few words on the left, asking Mr. Shen to be the commander of the logistics force for the crusade against Galdan. This."

So far, the two sides are silent.Just looking at each other hastily, they understood the key.

(End of this chapter)